[Voyage-linux] cannot connect to remote asterisk

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

  Hi Toni,

Use lsof to see what processes open the file for writing.

- Punky


On 8/26/2010 3:23 AM, toni wrote:
> Hi Punky,
>
> That's what's so strange about it; I did put the correct directories into VOYAGE_SYNC_DIRS.
> The problem is asterisk won't run when voyage linux is in ro mode, even though the files which are needed by asterisk 
> get created in 'asterisk-bin/run/asterisk'. By consequence, it seems to me there is no problem with VOYAGE_SYNC_DIRS.
>
> Moreover, there seems to be no problem with the installation of asterisk either, since asterisk runs when voyage linux 
> is in rw mode. But when I issue 'remountro', I get the message 'mount: / is busy'. What command should I use to 
> discover what's keeping / busy?
>
> In the past I managed to install asterisk 1.4 on voyage linux 0.5.2, in a soekris net5501.
> On the Soekris, which is still in use, there is no problem with switching between ro and rw.
>
> I'm hoping for some fresh ideas about how to approach troubleshooting the problem, because my ideas have exhausted..
>
> Toni
>
>
> On 25-08-10 03:51, Punky wrote:
>> Hi Toni,
>>
>> Please use Voyage ONE.  Or you can manage to put correct directories
>> to VOYAGE_SYNC_DIRS in /etc/default/voyage-util.
>>
>> - Punky
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 6:43 AM, toni<dranach at mini-am.be>  wrote:
>>> I'm having trouble running asterisk 1.6.2.10 when voyage-linux 0.6.5 is in
>>> read-only mode.
>>> Nevertheless, I added the folder ~/asterisk-bin/run/asterisk to
>>> VOYAGE-SYNC_DIRS.
>>> On starting asterisk, the folder ~/asterisk-bin/run/asterisk gets populated
>>> with asterisk.ctl and asterisk.pid.
>>> But when I try to connect to asterisk with 'asterisk -rvvv', I get the
>>> error:
>>>
>>>   == Parsing '/home/asterisk/asterisk-bin/asterisk/asterisk.conf':   == Found
>>>   == Parsing '/home/asterisk/asterisk-bin/asterisk/extconfig.conf':   ==
>>> Found
>>> Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does
>>> /home/asterisk/asterisk-bin/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl exist?)
>>>
>>> On boot, voyage-linux also fails to go into read-only mode, stating
>>> 'Remounting / as read-only ... mount: / is busy'
>>>
>>> Whenever I put voyage-linux in read-write mode and start asterisk manually,
>>> asterisk doesn't show this error any more.
>>> I have tried putting the folder on a separate, read-write partition, but it
>>> was no use, except again in read-write mode.
>>>
>>> Is there some other file/folder which needs to be read-write? Is there some
>>> workaround?
>>> (This should be the last step in getting asterisk to work on
>>> voyage-linux...)
>>>
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